From the toothless photoshoot: "Take a full-body picture of me."

Slime (pic from the weekend)

Another home haircut

Library returns (the Rainbow Magic series)

Cartoon characters in peril

The Sunday Funnies

We were running late for a playdate.  "We all forgot the track of time," Dorothy observed.

Dorothy wanted to play a guessing game about where she hid the key for her diary.  "If I guess it," I said, "I'll know where you keep your key."  "If you guess it," she said, "I won't tell you you're right, and  I'm going to keep a solemn look on my face."

"Mama, Mama, you gotta see!  The package says 'Barbie dolls don't stand on their own,' but I just got her to stand on her own!  Come see!  Come see!  But don't run," Dorothy advised.

Dorothy heard the phrase "pint-sized," and we ended up talking about the size of an actual pint.  I explained that the creamer carton in our fridge holds a pint, and that a big carton of milk holds a gallon.  Dorothy said, "I have an idea.  We can fill up the small carton with water and pour it into an empty big carton to see how many times it takes to fill it up."  "Okay," I said, "but we don't have any big gallon milk jugs, so we can use our half-gallon soymilk carton and fill it two times."  "We can fill two of them," Dorothy said.  "We don't have two empty ones," I said, "but we can fill it up and count the number of times, and then empty it and fill it up again and keep counting."  "Or, I have an idea," Dorothy countered.  "We can fill it up once, and just do the math double."

Chillaxin'

You may enter if you are wearing something rainbow

Gram missing 2 front teeth

The scene lately

The words are coming out cuter and cuter

Outdoor friends

The Sunday Funnies

We were watching the Masters, which might be Dorothy's first exposure to golf, and she made several good observations.  When a player did a practice swing, she yelled, "He didn't even hit the ball!"  And when CBS showed a montage of players over the years hitting balls into the water on the 12th hole, Dorothy said, "Oh, they're showing the outtakes?"

Dorothy was listening to a podcast that tells folk tales, and the intro to an episode about Giant's Causeway said, "Now, scientists will tell you that these matching stone columns in Ireland and Scotland were created by volcanoes...But legend will tell you..."  Dorothy hates volcanoes, and was coming up with an alternate explanation for the Causeway.  She said something about rocks tumbling down the side of a mountain, and I reminded her, "Well, the podcast said it was created by a volcano." Dorothy retorted, "Well, only scientists think that."

Lately Dorothy will make up a game she wants to play, such as a pillow fight.  I'll agree, and then she'll explain that there are 4 attempts in each round, and 6 rounds in the game...

The day after we got our second vaccinations, I was lying on the couch and Dorothy asked for a second Fruit Roll-up.  I was thinking about how she was having to fend for herself for food that day.  "Usually I would say no, but I'll make an exception today," I said.  "Because you're too tired to say no?" she asked.

Well, here's the height of cute

Crazy hair, don't care

I see you

This fairy appeared while we were watching tv last night

The best part about this is that it does not require a parent's attention

One more photoshoot post

 

All the pics are at DorothyJane.Shutterfly.com

The Sunday Funnies

Dorothy asked, "So what are birds for, anyway?  Making music?"

I mentioned to Brian that two people stopping to chat in our yard had complimented the gate he built.  Dorothy added, "Then people will be like, 'How much for the gate?'"

Often lately, if you correct Dorothy's pronunciation as she reads, she'll counter, "Well, I say it like..."

"Dorothy, I have a picture of me wearing this dress when I was your age.  I'll show it to you later," I said.  "Is it in black and white?" Dorothy asked.

Overheard while Dorothy was reading and turned to an illustrated page:  "Oh, I should have seen that!  It's not the Fairyland Place, it's the Fairyland Palace!"

Dorothy's teacher was out for the day because her son was sick.  When I picked up Dorothy from school, she announced, "We had a spare teacher today!"

Lately Dorothy is obsessed with the idea of a diary.  I told her that I found one online that she could buy with her $5.  "How many keys does it have?" she asked.  "Two," I told her.  "But I've thought of four places to hide the keys," she said.

Family shots

 

Dorothy & Dad

 

Dorothy & Mom

 

Portraits by Caroline Archer Photography

 

Mama made me put on this dress for 5 minutes again this year

 

(Last quarantine year, too)

Easter Funday

 

The Sunday Bunnies

These are knot cookies.

Paint Sample Poetry

 Video:  https://youtu.be/8-43IFL9a1s

Spring fairy